Famous birth charts · Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin’s chart in full
Born September 1, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
8°21′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
8°52′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
21°07′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
7°13′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
24°26′
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Jupiter in Ariesretrograde
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
6°59′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
0°58′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
21°58′
Neptune in Virgo
22°31′
Pluto in Leo
2°06′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Scorpio
The direction her life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
0°20′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
17°31′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
28°28′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In her chart, her identity, her heart and her imagination (the Sun, Venus and Neptune) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws her attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her drive (Mars in Capricorn) and her intensity (Pluto in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and her discipline (Saturn in Taurus) takes the strain: the part of her that works hardest.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In her chart, her drive, her independence and her imagination (Mars in Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus and Neptune in Virgo) make the triangle, so these come to her naturally.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Venus quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.2°
Her taste and her appetite for more need adjusting: she keeps learning what is enough.
Uranus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.6°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Saturn opposition North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Duty and growth compete: what she owes others and where she needs to go call for hard choices.
Mercury square Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
Her mind runs ahead of the conversation: she says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
Saturn square Pluto close at 1.1°
Heavy demands and hard limits: she faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
The Sun conjunction Venus close at 1.1°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to her core.
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The Sun quincunx Jupiter close at 1.4°
She keeps fitting her ambitions to her purpose, and some big plans have to wait.
Pluto square North Node close at 1.8°
Old attachments hold her back from the way forward, and she grows by letting some things go.
The Moon conjunction Jupiter close at 1.9°
Big feelings and a big heart: her good moods lift everyone near, and she gives comfort freely.
Mars trine Neptune close at 1.9°
She works for ideals: her drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Mars trine Uranus close at 2.5°
Quick and inventive in action: she moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Jupiter trine Pluto wide at 4.9°
Ambition with depth: she knows how to build influence, and she uses it to make big changes.
Mars square North Node wide at 5.9°
Old fights and the way forward disagree, and she grows by choosing which battles matter.
Venus trine Saturn wide at 6.2°
Loyal in love: she chooses carefully, and what she builds with people lasts.
Mars square Saturn wide at 6.5°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 7.4°
Purpose and patience work as a team: she builds slowly and gets better with every year.
Mars opposition Pluto wide at 7.7°
A fierce will: she meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out her full strength.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.
No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
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